Barry Manilow Explains Not Coming Out as Gay until 2017 as He Credits Husband for Saving His Life

Barry Manilow explained why it took him so long to come out as gay despite knowing early on. He also revealed that during the peak of his career, his husband saved his life. On the Max series “Who's Talking to Chris Wallace,” the veteran CNN actor spoke to Barry Manilow about his personal life. In the interview, Wallace asked Manilow why it took him so long to come out as gay. Despite getting married to his high school sweetheart, Susan Deixler, in the 1960s, he knew when he was a child that he was gay. “I really did love her, but the gay thing was pretty, pretty strong,” Manilow admitted. Ove…

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